[peony_foxburr]

Lyra, your Black Riders are...something else again. What about a Walkman, with headphones, and the music turned up really loud, so you don't hear them?? (Though perhaps it would be SAFER to keep your hearing) Used to happen to me in the days I was walking around in cities--construction workers were the worst. We were always told to pay no attention to them, which is like blaming the victim, in my opinion. You have my sympathy.*Peony wishes she could afflict them all with boils*
Music reviews: The Tolkien Ensemble, "A Night in Rivendell." I was disappointed, frankly. The compositions are way too artsy-fartsy to be good walking music, or even sound like the kind of music I imagine being enjoyed in Middle Earth.

HOWEVER-came upon a stash of CDs, left over from when my daughter worked for the Natural Wonders store (now out of business), and included a huge amount of Celtic/New Age and Traditional music!Gems gleaned so far: John Whelan, "Come to Dance," and Joannie Madden, "Song of the Irish Whistle." Also unearthed from my own collection: The Chieftains' "Long Black Veil," from a few years back. With a couple of exceptions, most of the tracks are quite marvelous.

Will be watching development of the upcoming LOTR music--I signed up for e-mail updates. That could be really dreadful, or a sublime experience, and perhaps some good "singable by ordinary mortals" type vocal music will come out of it as well.
Welcome to the Walk, BW! You won't cast a spell of silence on chatterbox Peony, will you? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]